. >>> hugo chavez now accusing the u.s. of spreading cancer saying the cia is behind it. chavez making the bizarre charges one day after argentina's president was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. >>> 2011, the year of the box office blews as -- blues as movie ticket sales hit a 16-year low. the economy and rising ticket prices blamed for the down turn. >>> fox news alert, in just the last hour the white house approved a nearly $30 billion sale of weapons to saudi arabia. the sale intended to send a message to iran during a tense and escalating situation involving iran's threat to disrupt the world's oil supply. iranian state tv releasing this video, it shows a u.s. aircraft carrier near a strategic waterway known as the strait of hormuz. iran is now carrying out war games there after threatening to close the strait which is a vital passageway for oil headed to world markets. wendell goler has the latest in washington. >> reporter: megyn, the u.s. has warned iran it will respond to any attempt to close an international waterway, military experts don't think iran could close